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Tobler's first law of geography: a standalone construct

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Geography

the principle that everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things.

In geography, Tobler's first law of geography refers to the principle that everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things. This meaning comes from Tobler (1970) in Economic Geography.[1]

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  1. Tobler, W. R. (1970). A Computer Movie Simulating Urban Growth in the Detroit Region. Economic Geography, 46, 234. https://doi.org/10.2307/143141

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